Natalee Holloway: Jawbone Not That of Missing American Teen

[Elmore Furth]

Source: ABC News

Aruban Solicitor General Taco Stein said shortly after the announcement that they could determine quickly that the bone wasn't Holloway's -- the jawbone found on the beach had a wisdom tooth still attached and Holloway's dental records showed the teen had had her wisdom teeth removed.

Aruban authorities, Stein said, are checking with neighboring islands to see if the bone could be a match for any other missing persons.

An attorney for Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty, issued a stinging statement after the announcement, critizing the Aruban government.

"Beth accepts the forensic conclusions, is emotionally exhausted from the inexplicably long wait, and deeply disappointed in the time and manner in which she learned of the results," John Q. Kelly said in the statement today. "Apparently Aruban prosecutors were more sensitive to media concerns than the painful vigil of a mother."



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